Criminal Psychology

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Criminal Psychology

• Chapter 2
• Talbot
• Kellogg Community College

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The Roles of Forensic Psychology

• Forensic and Non-Forensic Evaluation
• Researcher Presenter of Psychology (courts and
  legislatures)
• Consultant to Law Enforcement
• Trial Consultant
• Expert Witness

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Evaluation

• Neurology
• Psychopathology
• Forensic Evaluation
• Dual Relationships
• Confidentiality Issues
• Menendez Brothers

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Researcher and Presenter

• Ethical constraints
• Simulated juries.
• Eyewitness Testimony
• Amicus Curiae Briefs
• Science-translation Briefs
• Death Qualified Juries
• Should scientists recommend application of their
  research

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• We will assume for purposes of this opinion that
  the studies are both methodologically valid and
  adequate to establish that death-qualification
  in fact produces juries somewhat more
  conviction-prone than non-death-qualified
  juries. We hold, nonetheless that the
  Constitution does not prohibit the states from
  death-qualifying juries in capital cases.
• Chief Justice Rehnquist, 1986

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Consultant to Law Enforcement

• What type of consultations?
• Counseling for deputies and families.
• Fitness for duty.
• Training
• Investigations
• Interviews
• Ethical Considerations?

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Trial Consultant

• State Licensure Issues
• Ethical Considerations
• Make my witness more credible.
• Incompatible purposes and goals.

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Expert Witness

• Fact Witness v. Expert Witness
• Topics for Expert Witnesses
• Insanity Compentence
• Sentencing
• Psychological Autopsy
• Guardianship
• Adoption
• Termination of Parental Rights
• Ethical Concerns
• Impartial reporter v. advocate/ opponent?
• Dr. James Grigson
• Kelly Michaels
• Hired Gun